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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;background:white;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">SECOND CALL FOR BIDS for Organizing ACM IVA
2026</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;background:white;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The annual ACM Conference on Intelligent
Virtual
Agents (IVA) is the premier international event
for interdisciplinary
research on the development, application, and evaluation of
intelligent virtual
agents, specifically focusing on the ability to interact
socially. Such agents
can be embodied graphically (e.g., virtual characters, embodied
conversational agents) or physically (e.g., robots). They are
capable of
real-time perception, cognition, emotion, and action, allowing
them to
participate in dynamic social environments. This includes
human-like
interaction qualities such as multimodal communication
using facial
expressions, speech, and gesture, conversational interaction,
socially
assistive and affective interaction, interactive task-oriented
cooperation, or social behavior simulation. IVAs are highly
relevant for
and widely applied in many societally important domains,
including health,
education, training, entertainment, at the workplace, or for
assisted living.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;background:white;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The 25<sup>th</sup> International Conference on
Intelligent Virtual Agents will be held in person, September 16<sup>th</sup>
– 19<sup>th</sup>
2025, organized in Berlin:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a
href="https://iva.acm.org/2025/"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">https://iva.acm.org/2025/</span></a><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;background:white;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> ** We are calling for bids to organize the
next
conference in 2026, preferably in the 3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup>
week of
September.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;background:white;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Interested groups should prepare an application
consisting
of: </span></p>
<ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;
color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Conference location: description of the
conference venue
and nearby accommodations; description of public
transportation and access from
nearby airports</span></li>
<li> <span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Conference organization: description of the
organizing
committees; conference dates that fit best to avoid conflict
with other
conferences</span></li>
<li> <span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Conference budget: estimation of the budget
with
different numbers of participants, and including margins and
fees by ACM: </span><a
href="https://www.acm.org/special-interest-groups/volunteer-resources/conference-planning/table-of-contents"><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">https://www.acm.org/special-interest-groups/volunteer-resources/conference-planning/table-of-contents</span></a></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">A special topic that may be featured in IVA
2026</span></li>
<li> <span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">If desired, applicants could contact the IVA
steering committee
(<a href="mailto:steeringcommittee@iva.acm.org"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">steeringcommittee@iva.acm.org</a>)
to assist with staffing the different chairs of the conference</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The
deadline to submit applications is: <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>June
27<sup>th</sup> 2025</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Applications
should be sent to: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Catherine
Pelachaud </span><a href="mailto:catherine.pelachaud@upmc.fr"><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">catherine.pelachaud@upmc.fr</span></a><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Jonathan
Gratch </span><a href="mailto:gratch@ict.usc.edu"><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">gratch@ict.usc.edu</span></a><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Notification
of acceptance will be shortly before IVA2025 so that the next
conference venue
can be announced at this year’s conference.</span></p>
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